The $200 giant-robot experience goes Live -- and System Linked, contrary to Capcom's initial claims -- in a mostly successful transition. Read Review
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact takes Capcom's original game, adds 10 new mechs, and throws it online for full on five on five mech battles. Like the original, Line of Contact is not as much an action game as a first-person mech combat simulation that lets gamers (for a price) feel like they're really sitting in an oversized walking machine and control it via a titanic 40-button input device. The updated game plays 100% identical to the original. The controls (and controller) are the same. The distinction, of course, is the online aspect: the game is quite different playing against other people and not the A.I.
If you're an Xbox owner, you really must purchase the original Steel Battalion. It's a conversation piece, a badass controller, and a hardcore gamer's dream all at once. Capcom recently cranked out a second run of SB, which I'm told has blue buttons on the controller instead of green ones -- anyone wanna trade? -- and which you can, as of this writing, order directly from Capcom's own website. Operators are standing by. If you don't have $200, go steal it from a friend or relative; the intensity of the SB experience will be worth whatever time you serve for your petty theft. Read More »
We recently got a chance to interview Capcom's errant genius, Atsushi Inaba, producer of Steel Battalion: Line of Contact. This is his third game in a little over a year to make waves thanks to its unusual approach -- he also produced the original Steel Battalion as well as Viewtiful Joe. For candid answers to our questions, read on! Read More »
It's safe to assume that every owner of Steel Battalion will pick up Line of Contact as a matter of course, so the question is this: Should Xbox owners who've only heard the myths and legends invest $250 in a couple of giant-robot games and a controller large enough to cause herniation when improperly lifted? Read More »
Also known as: Steel Battlalion Online, Tekki Wars, Tekki Taisen, Steel Battalion: Line of Contact
Release Region: United States
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Publisher: Capcom
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: Capcom
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Publisher: Capcom
1 DVD
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